Unique Dupondius

Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 551. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $1350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRTICA, Sabratha. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ “Dupondius” (18.92 g, 11h). Bare head of Augustus; to left, C above lituus; to right, praefericulum; all within laurel wreath / WY’T in neo-Punic above, [S’VQ ThThE below], helmeted and draped bust of Athena right vis-à-vis laureate bust of Apollo, with quiver over shoulder and cithara at point of bust, left. RPC I 826.4 (this coin; illustrated); MAA 24; Müller, Afrique 38 var. (no C on obv.); SNG Copenhagen -. Near VF, black and brown surfaces, small hairline flan cracks, adjustment marks. Unique.

From the Patrick Villemur Collection.